A man sits amid the remnants of his home in the aftermath of a fire that gutted a sprawling shantytown at the bay of Navotas, Manila. About 200 homes were damaged, leaving around 300 families homeless, local radio reported.

Pictures in the News | Aug. 27, 2010

We’re going to end the week with news, views and moves in this installment of Pictures in the News, starting with a body-painted Kenyan man cheering a speech delivered by the Kenyan prime minister in central Nairobi and ending with Russian cheerleaders getting their game on prior to the start of the basketball world championships in Turkey. In between, we bring you the devastating aftermath of a fire that gutted a sprawling shantytown in Manila; a primitive, yet functional, way to install electrical cable in India; and stops in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Australia.